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i LA GRANDE OBSERVER
42nd Issu 64th Year ' . LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1959 - 8 Paget Fivt cinU
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SEN. NEUBERGER
Democrats Discuss
Tiny Quintuplets Born Yesterday To Texas
Condemned Death Row' Inmate
Chessman Given Execution Stay
SAN QIENTIN. Calif. H'PP
Oaryl Chessman received news ol
his stay of execution by the I'. S.
Supreme Court today with icy com
posure. "Thank you," was all that he
said to correctional Sgt. T. C.
Gilbert when the officer relayed
the word to Ches.itnan in San
Quentin's death row. In Washing
ton, the Supreme Court had an
nounced its action at 8:03 a.m.
p.s.t.
Chessman showed no emotion
and did not seem surprised that
his 11 years and five months un
der death se.itence were to be
prolonged.
Indeed, last July 10 the black
haired, . lean-faced convict-author
told United l'ress International
De Gaulle Balks
At Summit Meet
I WASHINGTON UPIl French
President Charles de Gaulle
balked today on g ing along with
he western allies on the timing
b( a stimmit meeting.
While President Eisenhower and
British Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan are urging the summit
Jneetir.g be held in December, the
French government issued a Cab
inet announcement today declar
B g the "best chance" for the
Fast-West conclave would be next
spring.
J The French statement was is
sued after De Gaulle met with
his Cabinet and undoubtedly re
flected ti e French leader's views.
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A 'SLAVE' IN ACTION
Helen Coffey instructs her Letterman slave John DeBoie on how to scrub the floor
with a toothbrush. The Lettermen's Club of La Grande High School sold their mem
bers as slaves Friday in order to raise funds for their club. The going price on slaves
was around $4. (Observer I'hoto by Joe Diehl)
AND DICK NEELEY
Plans For 'CO
that he believed he would win a
stay of execution.
lie said then, "My only hope
lies in appeals to the federal
courts, especially the U. S. Su
preme Court where they can be
decided en the merits of the
case, not on legends favorable or
unfavorable."
Word of the stay came to Chess
man 50 hours before he had been
scheduled to enter the San Quen
tin gas chamber at 10 a.m. Fri
day. His attorney, George T. Davis,
asked Supreme Court Justice Will
iam O. Douglas last Friday for
the stay. Douglas referred the pe
tition to the entire court which
acted today to permit Chessman
to bring his 10th appeal to the
high tribunal.
Chief Justice Earl Warren, who
as former governor of California
denied clemency to Chessman, did
not participate in the decision.
The stay may mean up to two
more years if life for Chessman
even if the final decision goes
against him. Davis said.
Even if the court rejects the
new appeal, Davis said, the nec
essary legal procedures, including
the setting of a new execution day.
are likely to consume nearly a
year. If the Supreme Court de
cides to hold a hearing in the case
it might be two years befire a
decision is reached, he said.
Another of Chessman's attor
neys, .Miss Rosalia Asher, said in
Sacramento "It's really good
news. I'm still sort of numb."
"! really anticipated that thev
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JUDGE GREETS
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would grant the stay," she said.
"I couldn't conceive the court not
granting him a chance to put
lorlh his contentions. This petition
is rot a matter of rehashing the
same eld allegations. Although
this is the loth time he has been
to the Supreme Court, there are
facts and a-guments in this pe
tition that have never been con
sidered by the court."
Chessman received two death
sentences in 1918 alter being con
victed on 17 counts of robbery,
kidnap, rape and perversion. The
fact that no murder was involved
and the length of his fight to es
ca)e the death chamber has
brought worldwide appeals to
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Judge Orders
Sfeelmen Back
PITTSBURGH iL'PD A feder
al judge today ordered the na
tion's 500.000 striking steelworkers
to return to their jobs for 80 days
under the Taft-Hartley Act. The
United Steelworkers Union ap
pealed to block enforcement of
the order.
U. S. District Judge He-bert P.
Sorg, 47, an Eisenhower appoiutee.
agreed with the President that the
!9-day strike imperiled the nation.
Sorg handed down the back to
work ruling alter a three-hour
meeting of union and industry at
(orreys on the question of retro
activity. Eisenhower, through the
Justice Department, asked Judge
-rrg Tuesday for the injunction.
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NEUBERGERS
Judge Brownton
Young People
Told Of Farm
Bureau Meet
Young people between the ages
of 17 and 25 will once again be
vieing for the opportunity to repre
sent Oregon at the annual Ameri
can Farm Bureau Talk-Meet in
December.
Topic for this year is "How
Can We Maintain Individual Initia
tve and Responsibility in Agri
culture?" The theme is designed
to stimulate thinking on this im
portant phase of American living.
In gathering material to use in
their talks, it is hoped the con
testants will show new ideas on
how individual fredom may be
maintained.
Notts Pormitod
Sub-topics will be drawn 30
minutes prior to speaking at the
center, county, ttnte tind national
levels. Speeches are to be five
minutes in length, semi-extemporaneous
with notes prmissable.
The Union County Farm Bureau
has set the time for local com
p?tition to coincide with the an
nual county meeting tomorrow.
Contestants do not need to be
Farm Bureau members but should
be primarily interested in - the
field of agriculture.
Anyone wishing to enter may
receive further information by
contacting Mrs. Ralph Robinson.
Rt. 2. La Grande.
IKE GETS AWARD
WASHINGTON (LTD Presi
dent Eisenhower has received an
illuminated scroll for his 1959 role
as a "statesman and a humani
tarian" from the American Insti
tute of Consulting Engineers.
It was awarded Tuesday for the
President's "outstanding service
in support of freedom, honor and
peace."
Ford Tire Sales Dedication
Of New Building This Week
Fort Tire Sales will dedicate
their new building and celebrate
the ,10th anniversary of th-ir
founding 'with a Grand Opening
Thursday. Friday and Saturday
in La Grand?. Door prizes for
adults, Shetland colts for the chil
dren and coffee and doughnuts will
be given away during the celebra
tion. The new bui'ding located at the
intersection of Fourth Street and
Jefferson Avenue, is made of steel
siding with laminated wood arch
beams. General contractor for the
project, Leonard Foltz, Cove, be
gen construction on the new build
ing in mid-August.
The need fcr more space and an
expansion of facilities prompt-d
plans for the new building. The
new location will o.'fer easy drive
in access arid has a service area
for trucks in the rear.
Offers Vsried Service
In addition to a compl-te line
of new tires, Ford offers re
capping, wheel alignment and
ba'ancing, brake and battery ser
vice and truck and farm machin-
Typhoon 'Dinah'
Points At Japan
TOKYO iLTP Typhoon Di
nah roared over the Pacific Ocean
toward the main island of Japan
today with top winds of 161 miles
an hour.
Japanese weathermen said the
storm might hit Honshu island
Thursday if it maintains its pres
ent course.
Advance winds were expected
to hit Tokyo later today.
CHAT AFTER LUNCHEON TALK
A. B. Olsen and Mrs. Neuberger
Mt. Emily j
Gives UF
Boost Here
A ch-ck for $1.574 24 from the
Mt. Emily Lumber Company this
morning swelled the La Grande
United Fund campaign to $4,024,
according to Dave Baum, UF drive
chairman.
The local goal is $31,500.
The Mt. Emily check, which
does not include donations ex
pected from the lumber company
employs, marked the second such
large cash gift to the United Fund
"KickoH" Check
On the kickoff drive day
Oct. 14, a check in the amount of
$1,000 was given the UF by or
ficials of the Union Pacific Rail
road.
Presenting the United Fund th"
check this morning was Milo F.
VanRlokland. personnel manager
for the lumber company and a UF
division chairman.
Baum and his group of cam
paign leaders today stressed the
urgency of continued impetus to
ward the overa'l monetary goal.
"We must not fall short or slack
en our efforts," he said. "If th
various local agencies are to par
ticipate fully in order that they
can ccntinue their charitable pro
prams, then we mut keep the
drive rolling." h? added.
City Commission
Meet- Is Postponed
Dr. Frank B. Bennett, Eastern
Oregon College president, will ad
dress the Western Montana Teach
er's Association meeting Friday.
The conference is scheduled in
Missoula, Mont.
ery equipment.
"The smallest tire to the largest"
is the company's motlo.
Ford Tire Service is a ro-pora-tion
with headquarters in Pendle
ton. The corporation was founded
in 1949 by Ford Robertson and
Ray Calvert, Pendleton. Rollie
King, manager of the La Grande
store, becam? a member of the
corporation in 1957, when the firm
expanded to La Grande. Plans
for a celebration for the loth anni
versary are underway in Pen
dleton.
The opening and staf'ing or the
stor brought 20 new people to
La Grande, according lo Calvert.
The five men, including King, are
married and have a tolal of 10
chi'dren.
Experienced Men
Bob Greninger heads the front
end department at Ford. Grening
er has spent four years with Ford
and has a total of 18 years ex
perience with wheel alignment
and brake service.
John Morrison worked for tire
firms in PendHon and Enterprise
before coming to La Grande with
the Ford firm.
Howard Berzel. commercial
nlesman for the firm, came to
La Grande from Lewiston, Ida.,
and boasts 12 years in the tire
business.
Dave Lester, newest member of
the firm, j a li'e-time resident of
La Grande and has been with
Ford for onlv six monlhs.
Manager King came to La
Grande when the new store opened
after being associated with a tire
firm in Seattle.
ONE LOUD
BRONX CHEER
LONDON (UPI)-For possi
bly the tint time, a loud
Bronx cheer was flung through
the qatet of Buckingham Po
laco Sunday.
It came from th lips ol
three girls, all apparently
teen-agers and obviously Am
ericans, who did not approve
of the retreat of the palace
guards behind the palace gates.
'Greased Pole' Event
For EOC Homecoming
Tradition in the Eastern Ore
g::n CV.llege Homecoming festivi
tes will have added another ev
ent, as this year marks the in
augural of upperclassmen fresh
men "greased pole competition
for the symbolic torch.' Festivi
ties begin Friday.
In making the announcement,
co-chairmen Ardyce Garrett and
Mike Ferguson indicated EOC
upperclassmen would attempt to
Chairmen Of
C-C Banquet
Here Listed
Ted Sidor. Union County agent
and general chairman of the
annual Chamber of Commerce
Farmer-Merchant banquet, has
announced committee chairmen
for the event.
Planned for Friday, Nov. 20,
the banquet wlil be held in the
La Grande Armory with some 500
cxpec!'"! to attend. A speaker
from Oregon's Congressional dele
gation has b"en invited and special
entertainment is planned.
Heading committees for the ban
quet a:e the following:
Al Meppen and Claude Wright,
procurement ; Bruce Morehead.
s"rving; Glen Lester and Bennie
Hicks, set up; Augic Sparling,
decorations; Phil Bell and John
Sullivan, program; Lloyd German
end Karl Stone, (entertainment;
Ted Sidor, master of ceremonies;
Rill Bebout, publicity, ad William
S. Thomas and Merle Bccket, solicitations.
U. S. Defense Chief Mum
Ike, Top
Aides In
WASHINGTON UPI Presi
dent Eisenhower conferred with
top military and civilian advis
ers today on their handling of
the nation's space programs which
tins again become a center of
open controversy.
Eisenhower was closeted with
the group at the White House for
70 minutes. He will issue a state
ment later today in Augusla, Ga
Defense Secretary Neil II. Mc
Elroy told reporters the meeting
dealt "with the handling of our
space programs."
But McKlioy declined to go into
any details of the high-level con
ference. "Anything that's going to
come out is going to come from
the President," McElroy said.
Army Secretary Wither M.
Brucker, who did not take part in
the group discussion, held a sep
arate conference with Eisenhower
hut the secretary would not com
ment on the nature of their talk.
SENATOR ANSWERS QUESTION
Stresses Soviet Progress
Couple Dead
Doctors Lose Battle
To Save Small Girls
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. UPI) The last of the Hannan
quintuplets, a one pound, 11 -ounce girl that could fit com
fortably in an adult's hand, died today after an 18 hour and
nine minute fight for survival.
The quintuplets were all girls and none lived long enough
to be named. The one that lived the longest was "Baby D,"
rapture the torch, which will be
"perched atop i greased pole,"
from the freshmen.
Torch To Queen
The class winning the competi
lion win nave tne honor ol pre
senting the torch to the home
coming queen at the Friday night
coronation. Th queen will then
light the traditional . bonfire
Candidates for queen include Judy
Warden, La Grande; Gail Fisher.
Haines; and Marcia MacPherson,
Union.
Saturday Game
Highlighting the weekend acti
vity is Saturday's game, EOC and
Portland State at 2 p.m., preceded
by the Homecoming parade at
1 p.m.
The complete schedule: Friday
3 pm.. competition for the torch;
coronation; 8:30, pep rally;
8:45, bonfire and burning of the
'O ; Saturday 10 a m -12 noon
alumni registration in Hoke; 11
a.m.. alumni business meeting
1. parade: 2, EOC and Portland
State; 8. variety show, theatre;
9, homecoming dance. Coliseum
Dr. Bennett To Talk
At Teachers Meetinq
The regularly .scheduled city
commission meeting will not be
held tonight.
Members of the commission and
city officials are in Portland at
tending the League of Oregon
Cities convention.
The meting will be held Friday
night at 7:30. '
Military, Civilian .
Hasty Space Confab
However, Brucker discussed
with reporters events which
brought tHt new wrangle into the
open.
The Army secretary said that
he had tried without success to
dissuade Maj. Gen. John B. Me
daris, chief of the Army Ord
nance Missile Command, from re
tiring next Jan 21. Brucker added
he had asked the general if he
was retiring because of dissatis
faction with the Army's role in
the space program and Mrdaris
had "categorically" denied this
Brucker refused to say whether
any decision has beet made on
the future of the Army's Ballistic
Missile Agency at Huntsville, Ala
He said this was a White House
matter.
Brucker was asked if there was
any decision on the fate of the
Army missile agency. He replied
"I would rather not answer that."
He reported that he had asked
WEATHER
Showers and brief cleerina,
tonight and Thursday;. highs
574J; low .
so called
because she was the
fourth to be born.
Their pretty tIonde mother,
Mrs. Charles G. Hannan, 27, and
her husband, a 29-year-old Air
Force navigator, were grief
stricken.
They said it was "God's will
and asked to be allowed to retire
from the turmoil into which be
coming the parents of quintuplets
had thrust them.
Capt. W D. Munroe, a pediatri
cian who fought for "Baby D's"
life all night told the father about
dawn that the last of the babies
was dying.
Parents Receive News
The father, a first lieutenant,
went quickly to his wife's room
to be with her when Munroe
brought the news.
The last baby died at 4:40 a.m.
p.s.t. Mrs. Hannan wept but did
not become hysterical. Her hus
band's eyes filled with tears, but
he did not cry openly.
The babies, the 47th recorded '
quintuplets, were born three
months prematurely Tuesday with
in 12 minutes starting at 10:22.
a m. p.s.t.
By 8 p.m. four were dead.
Lt. and Mrs. Hannan refused
to permit interviews or pictures
after the death of the last
daughter.
But they sent, out a formal state
ment, which said:
"My wife and I are terribly
sorry to learn of the death of our
babies and are stricken with
grief.
"However, we are confident all
is for the best and that God has
a better place for them.
"We know that the hospital and
staff here at Lackland did all in
their power to save our babies.
They were just too immature. The
best medical facilities were avail
able. They have two sons. Robert, 5,
and Patrick, 4, but wanted a
daughter.
Dr. Wernher von Braun, head of
the German-born scientists at
Huntsville, if he was going to re
main with the government. Von
Braun told him that he intended
staying "as long as the team
stayed together."
President Is Delayed
The President's departure lor a
golfing rest in the south was de
layed nearly half an hour by the
conference. The White House later
said Gen. Nathan F. Twining,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, took part in the meeting. It
said, however, that Brucker, who
arrived at the White House while
the meeting was in progress did
not participate.
The presence of Acting Budget
Director Elmer Staats indicated
that not only clarification of mili
tary and civilian space roles was
under discussion but the amount
of money that could be devoted to
speeding up space exploration.